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Upcoming and Current Opportunities
Salvation Army Bell Ringing - November 28th - December 1st
Sign up now to participate in the Golden Salvation Army bell ringing campaign, November 28-December 24, at the King Soopers store on South Golden Road.
This is a wonderful all-age activity that raises funds to assist Golden community members with rent, utilities and medical needs. It's a lot of fun and a great way to serve our community.
Sharing the Table - December 7th
Come spread God's love as we share dinner with our unsheltered neighbors and community members on Sunday, December 7th!
Preparing the Meal Together : We will prepare the meal in the Calvary kitchen after the 9:30am service (about 10:40).
Serving the Meal Together : We will be serving the meal at the First United Methodist Church of Golden at 1500 Ford Street, arriving at 5pm to set up, or at 5:30pm to enjoy the meal and visit with our Golden unsheltered and sheltered friends and community members. Enter through the green door closest to 15th Street. Come build community and sign up here.
Miracle Shop Toy Ingathering - November 28th - December 16th
Calvary will once again host the Miracle Shop, an annual event of the Golden Rotary. New, unwrapped gifts and toys for babies through teens are needed to support Golden families who will be shopping for their children for Christmas. This is a wonderful way to bless hundreds of kids in our community. Collection bins will be available in the Parish Hall and Great Hall Lobby, November 29 - December 16.
Follow this link to volunteer. Questions? contact Bethany Thomas
Welcome Team at the Calvary Food Shelf
Join this wonderful team of volunteers at the Calvary Food Shelf. If you can volunteer two hours every other week at the Calvary Food Shelf, you can make a tremendous difference in the lives of our neighbors who are in need of food. Contact Kirk Quackenbush at 720-290-3511 or quacks41@msn.com for more information.
Ongoing Opportunities
Calvary Food Shelf (Open 10-3, M-Th)
Each month, members of Calvary are asked to bring a particular food item to help stock the Calvary Food Shelf (CFS) which is accessed by members of our community in need of food. Items are typically brought to the weekend services, or to the office during the week. If you’d like to provide financial support, which is always welcome, you can mail a check to the Calvary office, made out to the Golden Rescue Fund (note: CFS) or give online through the Calvary Church website. Contact Kirk Quackenbush at 720-290-3511 or quacks41@msn.com with any questions.
Food item(s) for December: Boxes of Cereal
CrossPurpose
Cross Purpose is a nonprofit organization focused on abolishing relational, economic, and spiritual poverty through career and community development. They are looking for volunteer mentors to support their next Fellowship cohort. Legacy Fellowship volunteers mentor graduates through basic financial principles like budgeting, saving, credit, and money management. Go to crosspurpose.org for more information.
Calvary’s Refugee Ministry (HOME Team)
Calvary’s HOME Team welcomed the Qaderi Family from Afghanistan in February 2022 and the Abduljabbar Family from Iraq in May 2023. The Qaderi Family is a family of six living in Thornton, with four small children. The Abduljabbar Family is a family of three with a single mom and two sons situated in Lakewood. Both families enjoy meeting new people and would love to practice their English. If you would like to come alongside either of these families, or help with apartment set-up for new families coming to the Denver area, contact Carol Rose at zzzzcarol@aol.com or Shannon Campbell at shannon@calvarygolden.net.
Saint Francis Center Sunday
St. Francis Center (SFC) is a transformation hub for men and women who are homeless in the metro Denver area. It is a day shelter providing a myriad of services that enable people to meet their basic needs and to transition out of homelessness. Calvary coordinates volunteers to serve at this shelter during the week, and on the 4th Sunday morning of each month. If you are interested, please contact Kathie Gerwig at kdgedg2@gmail.com
Sharing the Table
Sharing the Table is a community partnership meant to build community support and friendship around the unsheltered in Golden. If you would like to join the community meal and help prepare food, contact Vanessa Hayes vanessa.wharton@gmail.com or Shannon Campbell shannon@calvarygolden.net
The Sharing the Table partnership is the new focus for the Calvary SOS (Safe Outdoor Space) Team. The SOS team is moving from serving meals to Safe Outdoor Space residents in Denver to partnering with the Golden United Methodist Church to serve meals to the unsheltered in Golden (which includes these Sharing the Table events). Let Vanessa or Shannon know if you'd like to join in on these wonderful opportunities.
Lunch and Life
We have the privilege of opening our doors to a few hundred of our closest friends at the Colorado School of Mines and feed them lunch every Tuesday, 11:00am to 1:00pm in the Great Hall. We love doing this mission because so much of Jesus' ministry took place over a meal. It is a good home-cooked meal, fun conversation, and some encouragement each Tuesday of the school year. It’s the highlight of many student’s week. Calvary invites you to become a Table Host and join the fun. Contact Pastor Scott at 303-279-2188 or scott@calvarygolden.net for information about becoming a Table Host for Lunch and Life.
Past Events
Be a Tool
Calvary families and individuals partnered with Be a Tool and the Together Church of Golden for a wonderful day of hands-on support with local Golden residents in need! What a fun day it was! The teams worked at 5 different houses and completed all the needs given to us. It was a great time of fellowship and getting our hands in the mud and paint! We can't wait to invite our Calvary family into this wonderful work again next year.
